Senior 3D Character Artist

Welcome to Saigon Studio!

Created in 2004, we have been one of the leading studios in Vietnam’s gaming industry. Our diverse expertise has enabled us to successfully bring Gameloft’s hits to audiences around the world.

We are looking for passionate talents with diverse expertise to join our exciting projects ‒ ranging from developing PC, console, and mobile games in collaboration with our fellow studios, to creating new content and features for our live games, bringing joy to our players worldwide. 

Artist and Technical Responsibilities:

• Create high-quality 3D characters & objects based on the art direction, technical constraints & production deadlines.
• Ensure the 3D assets are correctly implemented in game and meet the quality standards.
• Work closely with the 3D Supervisor, Producer and Art Team to maintain the consistency of the overall 3D art style.
• Actively follow-up the project by giving feedback, proposing quality improvements and optimization work process

Contribution in Management:

• Provide guidance and mentorship to Junior Artists.
• Provide 3D workshops and train 3D artists according to the project needs.

Reporting:

• Report your task status to the 3D Artist Supervisor and Producer, as requirement.

• Good English communication skill (spoken and written).
• 3+ years of game industry experience as 3D Artist and working on published games is a strong advantage.
• Excellent skills in 3dsmax, ZBrush, Photoshop, Substance Painter, Unity, Unreal.
• Academic background in Arts, design or equivalent.
• Great understanding about human anatomy, proportion and perspective.
• Experience and knowledge about video games, and game development production processes.
• Great understanding of composition, color, shading, lighting.
• Great understanding of different art styles, design process and creative workflow.
• Excellent modelling and texturing skills for both realistic and cartoonish style.
• Ability to follow and adapt to different stylistic guidelines.
• Ability to create and optimize models for real-time.
• Ability to create high-poly and low-poly models for next-gen gaming.
• Efficiency in UV mapping for textures and light-maps.
• A keen eye for light, shade, color and details in creating texture maps.
• Skinning, rigging and animation knowledge are a plus.
• Hand-drawing, digital painting and illustration skills are a plus.
• Great sense of creativity and proposing ideas.
• Good troubleshooting skill for both artistic and technical issues.
• Good interpersonal and teamwork skill.
• Good coaching and mentoring skill.
• Good organization and management skill.

Check out some projects at Saigon Studio:

• Dungeons & Dragons®
• Asphalt 8 - Coin Rush Trailer
• Asphalt Legends Unite - Launch Trailer
• Gangstar Vegas
• Applaydu Season 6
• Claynosaurz - Gameloft x Claynosaurz Partnership Announcement

Recruitment Process:

• (1) Screening call

Only candidates whose qualifications align with the role will be contacted. We sincerely appreciate your understanding.
• (2) Test
• (3) Interview(s)
• (4) Offer

Please note:

To ensure a fair and compliant recruitment process under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please submit your application through the official job posting, preferably via Gameloft website, Gameloft or Gameloft Vietnam LinkedIn pages, or SmartRecruiters. Applications sent via email or LinkedIn messages will not be considered.

Due to the high volume of applications, only candidates whose profiles most closely match the role needs will be contacted by our recruiters. We sincerely appreciate your understanding and interest.

Work Location and Hours:

• Work location: 207C Nguyen Xi, Binh Thanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City.
• Work hours: 08:30 AM - 06:00 PM, Monday - Friday.

Why Join Gameloft?

• You want to work in an exceptional industry and create games downloaded more than 1 billion times per year.
• You want to be part of a talented and supportive team of pioneers who have a passion for creating video games.
• You want to contribute to a vibrant and dynamic atmosphere.
• You want to join a global company and meet great people around the world.
• You will work on an employment contract with competitive remuneration and benefits package.
• You are looking for a fun place to work in the heart of the city.

What We Offer:

• A hybrid working model (3 days WFO and 2 days WFH).
• A dynamic workplace environment, with over 16 nationalities, where hundreds of world-renowned game titles were born.
• A range of well-being events and policies to support employees physically, mentally, and emotionally.
• An open-space office, a cafeteria, a terrace and a Gaming Area.
• Various training packages, including internal training, sponsorship training, and e-learning (iLearn, Udemy,...).
• Opportunities to collaborate and train with Gameloft worldwide experts and develop yourselves.
• An attractive monthly salary alongside Tet and other performance bonuses.
• Minimum 12 days of paid annual leave, plus 5 days of paid sick leave, Christmas leave, Birthday leave,...
• 100% coverage of mandatory insurance and extra healthcare insurance.
• A monthly allowance to support lunch meals and working-from-home electricity and Internet bills.
• Relocation support for international candidates joining from overseas.
• Other benefits from one of the best employers in Vietnam.

What's more?

• Want to know more? Visit our websites:• Saigon Studio website
• LinkedIn page
• Facebook page